"Xiao Xi, you are here. I haven't seen you these two days, what are you busy with?" Dr. Li asked Xi Shengmo with a smile, holding two glass bottles, but Xi Shengmo ignored him. He looked at the director sitting in the rattan chair deep in the clinic and said in a deep voice: "Director, let's go outside to talk?"

Director Zhang smiled silently, changed into a serious face, stood up and followed Xiao Xi outside.

"What happened?" Dr. Li asked. He didn't know that the city outside had turned upside down during the day today.

"It's okay. Old Li, you're busy." Director Zhang nodded and walked out of the clinic with Xi Shengmo.

Outside the clinic is the open Trinity Square. Although it is already evening now, it is still dark in summer, and there is still a bright spot outside. The yellow light in the sun shines on the stone slabs in the square and the side face of the church behind it, placing a layer of gold on all the things that are shining. More than a dozen children in the distance are still playing football. On the street at the end of the square in front, the street missionary point organized by Elder Hou and others has begun to put away banners and stuff flyers into the wooden counter.

Director Zhang walked forward a few steps, walked out of the shadow of the Western Building in the primary school, bathed in the golden light of the sunset, squinted his eyes comfortably, and murmured: "Although it's sunny, it's not cloudy, and the sun is out."

Xi Shengmo was not as interested as his boss. He followed Director Zhang a few steps forward and kept coming to him before asking with anger: "Director, have you ever known that Wang Yu's family and Zhang Qijie were arrested and entered the Public Security Bureau today?"

As he said that, he told the strange things that happened today.

Director Zhang was shocked when he heard this, but his surprise was fleeting. He did not mean to look at Xi Shengmo, but looked up at the big words "Serve Jesus" on the wall of the yamen not far away, as if it was gilded there.

"Courselor!" Seeing that the director ignored his intention with his hands behind his back, Xi Shengmo clenched his fists and screamed in anger.

Director Zhang turned around, looked at Xi Shengmo, and slowly said, "Old Wang has a thief's body tied up under his carriage. Lao Zhang hired Qing Dynasty to smuggle gangsters, evade taxes, and suspected of trafficking opium. These are all facts, right? Since it is a fact, of course they have to be invited to the bureau for questioning. Is there any problem?"

"Judge, you and I know Elder Wang, Elder Zhang can't do such a thing. Someone is framed them!" Xi Shengmo shouted in anger.

Director Zhang raised his eyebrows and stared at his subordinates viciously and shouted: "What does it mean to frame? We are the sheriffs! We are policemen! We don't rely on feelings, but rely on evidence! He is suspected of committing a crime, and the king of heaven is also going to be arrested in the Public Security Bureau. How can we talk about the impossible? Everything is possible!!!"

"Director! Alas!" Xi Shengmo wanted to refute Director Zhang emotionally, but what Director Zhang said could not be refuted at all, and what he said was right.

"Enough, since you are not in charge of the case, don't interfere in this way and complete your task with peace of mind." Director Zhang waved his hand, turned his head and was about to leave.

Xi Shengmo walked around him and blocked him. He said, "Mr., I ask you to let me take over Ou Xingsun and take charge of these two cases."

"Impossible! Just protect Fang Bingsheng with peace of mind!" Director Zhang said firmly.

Xi Shengmo stomped the stone slab under his feet hard and shouted in resentment: "Master, Ou Xingsun must have taken advantage of another benefit. He will definitely not enforce the law impartially. He wants to harm the second elder Zhang Wang! Someone must be framed by the two of them! I see the method of the corpse of Wang Yu's family is very similar to the case where the shopkeeper of Longchuan Maoji Silk Satin Village was blackmailed by the relatives of the thief for his body a year ago. The black hand behind it is Longchuan Hall! Ou Xingsun and them are in a gangster together! Since it is Ou Xingsun, the Weng Fist can't escape the relationship. Maybe I think it is Liu Guojian..."

"Nonsense!" Director Zhang gritted his teeth and slapped Xi Shengmo in the face angrily.

"Ah?" After a crisp sound, Xi Shengmo covered his ears and retreated repeatedly in fear, humiliation, angry and incredible.

Seeing the appearance of his subordinates whom he promoted, Director Zhang suddenly felt regretful. He walked up, pressed his hand on Xi Shengmo's shoulder, and said in a deep voice:

"Xiao Xi, you are too impulsive and can't rub sand in your eyes. You always think that Weng Quanguang is evil and Ou Xingsun is evil. It seems that if you get rid of them, Longchuan will be bright..."

"Isn't it?" Xi Shengmo took a step back and took off Director Zhang's hand. His voice was already calm and his posture was standing with his hands down. He no longer had the crazy attitude of his anger just now, but his tone revealed that he remembered his subordinate identity, but the anger in his heart was not eliminated at all.

Director Zhang sighed and said, "Xiao Xi, you are a Christian, and may be more pious than me. You should know that since Adam and Eve, this world has been full of sin and no place is clean."

"But isn't it the Christian and our police's duty to sweep away the darkness and defend justice?" Xi Shengmo gritted his teeth and retorted.

Director Zhang curled his lips and said, "But can it be done? I asked you to split the sun in half and put it at night to make the day and night bright. Can you do it? If the police can drive away evil and darkness, why do you still want Christians to do light and salt? If the Christians can drive away evil and darkness, why do you want Jesus to save Christians? Why do you want to have a last-day judgment that will be retried after death? Damn, we will ascend to heaven in the day!!!"

Then Director Zhang looked at Xi Shengmo and said earnestly: "This world always coexists with darkness and light, but in fact darkness is still the mainstream. Just like there are rats and cockroaches in every room. If you want to exterminate rats and cockroaches, you can only burn the house, and it is best to kill everyone together!"

"As long as we work hard, we can always..." Xi Shengmo was still refuting, but his tone was no longer firm.

Director Zhang stomped the stone slab under his feet with his leather shoes and asked, "Xiao Xi, you are a native of Longchuan and have grown up here since childhood. I ask you, ten years ago, where was we standing at our feet."

Xi Shengmo was stunned for a moment, scratched his scalp, and said, "This is a ditch, a stinky ditch..."

"Yes, this is the stinky ditch." Director Zhang pointed his chin and said, "What is in the stinky ditch? Toads, poisonous weeds, mosquitoes, flies, poisonous snakes, and some flowers. Even if you kill all the poisonous weeds and mosquitoes you see, the stinky ditch will still grow these dirty things, because it produces this! The Bible says that good trees bear good fruits, bad trees bear bad fruits. We cannot be a whole country and county in the whole country, otherwise it will not be everyone a sinner. So no matter whether you kill Weng Quanguang, Weng not only or Weng Shenguang, new garbage will eventually appear to replace him, replace his sins, replace his shamelessness, and replace his cruelty. They are a black and gray area."

As he said that, Director Zhang pointed to the long shadow cast under Xi Shengmo's feet and smiled bitterly: "See, even under the sun, shadows are everywhere, this is the norm. We must adapt to the fact that this world is made of black, white and gray, and no one can eliminate black and gray."

Seeing Xi Shengmo want to refute but didn't know what to say, Director Zhang raised his finger and pointed at him: "Even if you think you are justice, come to me and ask me to replace Ou Xingsun's responsibilities with my own power. Isn't this gray? You were sent to guard Fang Bingsheng, which of the sheriff's manual and rules makes you want to not abide by your orders but act according to your wishes, especially if you want to achieve this goal through the kindness of me and your father and son master and disciple? Are you absolutely justice? You have gray too."

As he said that, Director Zhang walked to the speechless Xi Shengmo, his father hugged his shoulders, sighed and said, "Ten years ago, I tried to use the pistol and police badge given to me by the emperor to eliminate all the harming insects, but the ending was very bad. I couldn't be promoted to the detective after three years. How can I realize my ambition without power?"

"So seven years ago, I swear to change my course and stop pursuing justice, but pursue power; I told myself how can I achieve my justice without power?

“I learned to be sleek and mean, and then I succeeded, six years ago, I became the Inspector;

“But I forgot what I pursued power for. At that time, I forgot about justice and wanted to be the county magistrate or the director of the police station in a big city like Huizhou;

"I was swallowed by black, full of power and money, as well as the blood of criminals and the people. However, having power and money really didn't give me any happiness. I was worried about gains and losses every day, gritting my teeth, hating the damn county magistrate, hating the damn black/gang, hating the ruthless, unrighteous and shameless untouchable people..."

"But three years ago, the Tiehe Minjian Rebellion made me suddenly realize that power, money and status are bastards; in this world, life may be lost at any time. If you die, what else do you care about if the director is not the director?"

"And this is not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that hearing that my home was burned, my parents, wives and children might be humiliated and died. But I held a spear in my hand, but I watched the county town with flames burning in the distance with no choice;

"From that day, I realized that life and death, power, gold and silver are not the most important things. What is important is forgiveness and love; love your family and friends and have the opportunity to express it; forgiveness is not only forgiving those who offend you, but also forgiving your incompetence and insignificance, and also forgiving this abominable world, tolerating the imperfection of black and white, and no longer thinking that you can cover the sky with one hand and do whatever you want; you are too small, just as a sentinel standing on the black and white dividing line, don't let black cross the line. Isn't this the duty of our sheriff?"

"Justice is justice. Even if I am the light of fireflies, I will repel as much darkness as I can." Xi Shengmo said with difficulty for a while.

Director Zhang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, patted Xi Shengmo's shoulder hard and said, "Child, I understand you! But one day, you may not necessarily become me, but you will understand mine."

At this time, a football was kicked away by a child. It drew an arc and flew over, bounced on the ground, hit Xi Shengmo's face and landed at his feet.

"Damn!" Xi Shengmo was in a bad mood and was slapped in the face by the ball. He gritted his teeth and looked at the ball and raised his feet, which meant to stomp the ball.

But Xi Shengmo did not stomp the shoes. The leather shoes were hung on the patched rubber ball for a long time. When the leather shoes were put down, Xi Shengmo bent down silently, picked up the football, and threw them back to several children silently.
Chapter completed!